What I Use to Visualize Data by Nathan Yau.
From the post:
“What tool should I learn? What’s the best?” I hesitate to answer, because I use what works best for me, which isn’t necessarily the best for someone else or the “best” overall.
If you’re familiar with a software set already, it might be better to work off of what you know, because if you can draw shapes based on numbers, you can visualize data. After all, this guy uses Excel to paint scenery.
It’s much more important to just get started already. Work with as much data as you can.
Nevertheless, this is the set of tools I use in 2016, which converged to a handful of things over the years. It looks different from 2009, and will probably look different in 2020. I break it down by place in my workflow.
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As Nathan says up front, these may not be the best tools for you but it is a great starting place. Add and subtract from this set as you develop your own workflow and habits.
Enjoy!
PS: Nathan Yau tweeted a few hours later: “Forgot to include this:”
